No bond for man accused of sex acts at Christian radio station

Donald Destin (left) faces a judge at an Orange County Jail hearing… (Orange County Court, Orange…)

April 26, 2011|By Walter Pacheco, Orlando Sentinel

The homeless felon accused of performing a sex act at a local Christian radio station must stay behind bars, a judge ruled today.

Donald Destin, a tall thin man with a quiet voice, stood alongside a public defender at the Orange County Jail today as Senior Circuit Court Judge Thomas Kirkland ordered he be held without bond on the charges of attempted sexual battery, burglary and battery.

At one point, 30-year-old Destin started speaking to Kirkland about the charges, but the judge advised he remain quiet until he meets with his public defender.

Orange County sheriff's investigators said Destin walked into La Voix Evangelique D'Orlando radio station off Pine Hills Road without permission Monday and performed a sex act in front of the radio host during a live 6 a.m. broadcast.

Destin also is accused of trying to rape the woman. After the victim led Destin outside, she locked herself in her car. Destin returned inside the radio station, stole items from the woman's purse and fled the scene.

A listener overheard the alleged attack on the radio and called 911.

Deputies later arrested Destin.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement records show Destin is no stranger to crime. He has a long arrest history and several convictions.

His first conviction came in 2002 after Orlando police accused him of threatening someone with violence and criminal mischief. In 2003, he was convicted of burglary.

He later was convicted of grand theft in 2007; indecent exposure in 2008 and 2009; frequenting a brothel and resisting an officer in 2009; and trespassing and stalking in 2010.